Concerns regarding global slowdown and the effects of the credit crunch are pushing growth within the outsourcing sector, with the current credit restrictions in the financial services sector being a particular driver.
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Wall Street banking behemoth Merrill Lynch has become the latest financial services luminary to unveil US mortgage market-related losses.
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Though the results season has past, AIM has been anything but quiet, with corporate activity keeping market watchers busy.
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Proposals in fledgling Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling’s Pre-Budget Report have the potential to improve returns for investors in AIM-traded investment companies and enhance the attractions of venture capital trusts (VCTs) with AIM holdings.
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As expected, PLUS Markets now basks in the glow of Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) status.
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While Britain’s housing shortage continues to fuel its property bubble, the rapacity of property developers in Spain may have caused the market there to crash.
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Further public floats of private equity firms are likely in future, although a consolidation wave is less so, believes Nicholas Ferguson, chairman of London-listed SVG Capital (lead backer of private equity powerhouse Permira).
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Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director general Richard Lambert has leapt to the defence of the private equity sector.
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Troubled times lie ahead for UK Plc, with many of its constituent businesses demonstrating signs of distress.
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